Laptops - the pros and cons - part 1

Hi People

Recently, I was asked about a laptop situation which, I had not thought about before (more about this later).

This prompted me to think about why people choose laptops/notebooks (and I mean laptops not netbooks) over a good old tower / desktop (though desktops are rare these days).  What are the benefits and features of a laptop when considering a computer purchase?

Positive points for laptops (some of which may not be considered when getting one).

• They are portable.  This is probably the number one reason why most people get one.  Being able to work in situations where 
• power is not available
• a place to put the laptop is not available near power
• show people quickly, some data, pictures, presentation, movie without having to find a power point
• send emails / surf the internet from public places
• They run most programs that towers can run
• Everything is contained within one case (within reason)
• If the power should suddenly go off (brownouts or blackouts), work is not lost and user may continue to work for sometime (usually a couple of hours after power off - if the battery is good and fully charged)
• The charging unit may prevent power surges from damaging the laptop, by taking the surge and all the damage (not passing it on to the laptop)
• Quick setup of a visual display for demonstration purposes or entertainment
• Usually even the cheaper laptops have more features than a cheaper tower, for instance
• card reader
• webcam
• microphone
• 1394 port (firewire)
• card bus slot
• additional VGA port for a second monitor
• bluetooth
• wireless card (attached to the motherboard internally)
• internal modem  (dialup - for places which dont have the internet available wirelessly or even to make telephone or chat communications - though not a good idea for video communications as it is too slow)
• video camera connection (s-video)
• Quick data, music, picture recording (most laptops these days contain a DVD/CD writer, if not all).

So the above seems to cover the majority of the plus points for getting a laptop over a desktop and whilst the list is fairly comprehensive, laptops do have their weak points.

We will look at these in the next part of this article

Thank You for your attention

Prometheus1618

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